Karakalpak language
Kipchak Turkic language of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq tili) is a Turkic language spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan. It is divided into two dialects, Northeastern Karakalpak and Southwestern Karakalpak. It developed alongside Nogai and neighbouring Kazakh languages, being markedly influenced by both. Typologically, Karakalpak belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, thus being closely related to and highly mutually intelligible with Kazakh and Nogai.[2][3][4]
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Karakalpak | |
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Qaraqalpaq tili, Қарақалпақ тили, قاراقالپاق تىلى | |
Native to | Central Asia |
Region | Karakalpakstan |
Ethnicity | Karakalpaks |
Native speakers | 871,970 (2023)[1] |
Turkic
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Karakalpak alphabet (Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic script) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Uzbekistan |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | kaa |
ISO 639-3 | kaa |
Glottolog | kara1467 |
Map showing locations of Karakalpak (red) within Uzbekistan | |
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